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WASHINGTON – Until last week it seemed that the Division 1 college basketball industry could produce nothing more risible than its pieties about cherishing the amateurism of the “student-athletes” who generate, but get mere crumbs of, the industry’s billions. Last week, however, a New York jury, which perhaps had a sense of

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Until last week it seemed that the Division I college basketball industry could produce nothing more risible than its pieties about cherishing the amateurism of the “student-athletes” who generate, but get mere crumbs of, the industry’s billions. Last week, however, a New York jury, which perhaps had a sense of humor, embraced this novel argument by the federal government:...

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Until last week it seemed that the Division I college basketball industry could produce nothing more risible than its pieties about cherishing the amateurism of the “student-athletes” who generate, but get mere crumbs of, the industry’s billions. Last week, however, a New York jury, which perhaps had a sense of humor, embraced this novel argument by the federal government:...

WASHINGTON – Until last week it seemed that the Division I college basketball industry could produce nothing more risible than its pieties about cherishing the amateurism of the “student-athletes” who generate, but get mere crumbs of, the industry’s billions. Last week, however, a New York jury, which perhaps had a sense of humor, embraced this novel argument by the federal...

The NCAA: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

published:16 Mar 2015

The NCAA: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

The NCAA: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

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